Word: netted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shrewd a businesswoman as she is a politician, Lady Bird has parlayed an inheritance of $67,000 and 2,900 acres of Alabama cotton and timber land into a radio-TV station in Austin, Texas, four cattle ranches and a bulging stock portfolio. Her estimated net worth is about $5,000,000, but she is thrifty enough to buy "seconds" in household linens. "She asks the price of everything," says a friend. "When the house needs repair work, she gets three estimates." Yet her most notable quality is her capacity for enjoyment. "I wouldn't trade this life...
...capital requirement to do business on the exchange, both would be barred from all trading. After two days of scurrying about, Williston & Beane raised the money it needed and won reinstatement. At Ira Haupt, the situation was much more desperate. Its debts were double the firm's net worth, and no one was ready to risk a loan of such proportions. Few on Wall Street held out much hope for its ability to survive...
...Maclntyre was hampered by two prolonged strikes, over-competition on key routes, and a shortage of jets. Also, he often lacked the patience to explain his ideas to his staff, rushed into too many new projects too soon. The result was that he ran Eastern into a $39 million net loss in four years, the line's first deficit since its incorporation in 1938. Said one senior Eastern executive: "The directors began to wonder, what with the cash flow Eastern has, why some of it never sticks...
With the score tied 1-1, Ohiri finally took things into his own hands. After one of his magnificent fakes had left three Yale defenders sprawled on the ground, Ohiri dribbled the ball in front of the net, faked once, and drove a straight hard shot past the helpless Bulldog goalkeeper into the center of the net. This acore, at 3:12 of the second period, ended the first-half scoring...
...while Yale continued to control most of the play, it still could not come up with any potent scoring threats. Finally. after two minutes of the fourth quarter. the Bulldog's George Landichested a high penalty kick by Bill Heyworth into the net for the game's final tally...